Digital Nude Photography [Paperback]

Roderick Macdonald (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 159200105X | ISBN-13: 978-1592001057 | Publication Date: October 22, 2003 | Edition: 1

"Digital Nude Photography" considers the advantages that digital photography and image-editing software have brought to photographing the nude. Filled with stunning images of nudes photographed by a pro, this true art book reveals detailed explanation on how to take and improve photos. Focusing on the subject from image capture to image output, this guide provides step-by-step instructions for reproducing the beauty of the human form. Using full-color in an effective portrait layout, this book is aimed at those new to photography who have been enticed by the falling prices of basic, but efficient, digital cameras.

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About the Author

Author Roderick Macdonald is Head of Media Production at Anglia University in Cambridge (UK), and runs an independent photography and video production company. Roderick Macdonald is an Australian photographer who lives in Cambridge, England. He works in multimedia production, training and management, where he has won many awards for corporate and training video and multimedia production. His interest in photography spans some twenty years, and has been rekindled by the rapid expansion of inexpensive high-quality digital technology in this field. He specializes in portraiture and images of nudes. Step-by-Step Digital Nude Photography is his first photographic publication. Roderick Macdonald is married with two sons. His wife and one of his two cats are among the models who appear in this book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (October 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159200105X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592001057
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overall reference, November 12, 2003

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Mark Obrien "argusmaniac" (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Nude Photography (Paperback)

This book is obviously aimed at the digital crowd, and therefore, most of the examples and techniques benefit digital camera users. However, there is a lot of basic information in here that pertains to silver-based images, too. I liked the author's approach -- aimed at someone that would like to do nudes but not really knowing where to start. It's a good reference and how-to for aspiring photographers. The post-processing sections are also very good tutorials.
Overall, I recommend it -- even to aspiring photographers that would like to do nudes with a film camera.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beginner's Digital Camera Book, not about Nude Photography, March 23, 2005

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M. Evon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Nude Photography (Paperback)

This is basically a digital photography book which uses nude women for the accompanying photos. If the author had chosen to use pictures of puppies and children the book would essentially be then same. That said, it's not a bad book, although somewhat basic, on digital photography. If you are looking for a book on nude photography go elsewhere.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but the most basic stuff, January 22, 2005

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Teco "tefocoto" (Madrid, Madrid Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Nude Photography (Paperback)

If you are completely new to digital photography there are better books than this one, if you are experienced or even a pro, there are many better books than this one and if you are looking for pretty nudes there are tons of better books than this one.

Seems to me the nude photography tilte was just a way to sell more books, as there is not too much info in the book related to that, other than the most basic stuff. The images are not that good either, not too many different models, poor lighting, ugly poses in many of them.. it all seems like it was done in a hurry.

If you are an absolute beginner in the field of nude photography the "maybe" this might have some info for you, as a starting point I guess, but that's about it.

Not recomended at all.